[Experiences with bronchoalveolar lavage in disseminated and other lung diseases].

In 860 patients 980 bronchoalveolar lavages were performed. The repeated BAL allows conclusions of the effect of treatment and the prognosis of the disease. BAL is together with other clinical findings an important new method in pulmology.

[Combination of transbronchial lung biopsy and bronchoalveolar lavage in disseminated lung diseases].

The effectiveness of transbronchoscopic lung biopsy (TBLB) in combination with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is presented in 487 patients with disseminated lung diseases. The techniques of both methods are described and the results discussed. Comparison of both methods shows that they supply each other.

[Determination of enzyme activity in sarcoidosis--comparison of angiotensin convertase and collagen peptidase].

The diagnostic evidence of the ACE and CP activity alone is limited with regard to the specifity of sarcoidosis. In connection with the X-ray diagnostics and the histological ascertainment the determination of the two enzyme activities, however, is an enrichment of the programme of diagnostics. High ACE- and CP-values speak for the presence of numerous sarcoidosis granulomas and for the affection of many organs, respectively, when the sarcoidosis is ascertained.

[Experiences with the radioallergosorbent test in house dust allergy and bronchial asthma (author's transl)].

The radioallergosorbent test (RAST) has been used for in vitro diagnosis of asthma. The paper reports about 70 investigations in 40 patients with house dust and mite allergy. In 75 p.